Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-02-25
State 11ep5.


lotel at Rutland, has filed petition in r
The Burlington Republicans have nom 81
nted Gen. Henry for mayor The DEM Il
,cratic candidate is Alderman Sutton.
Rev. George f. Pentecost, the Brook
yn evangelist is expected to hold
series of meetings in Montpelier in A or,l.
jerks L. Winchel of Pittsford a. ,us+
sold an English lion mastif pur 70 co
% Philadelphia, for S150,and o 40 to New
lrk, n. j., for $40.
There are SO practicing ov.,o;ors =, tbo
State of Vermont. of WI o,,, 3, oro bouono-
pathic. Rutland has t.,e largest number
%, and Burlington IS next with d.
Mrs G. T. Ha' .ris, who was very badly
hurt IN the rec ont frightful toboggan ac-
c''en. III '' Gland, is slowly recovering
iroin iiei ;ound and the shock to her sys-
TEN.
~ II. s. Walling's Touring and grist
III Il at Mortified, including valuable new
hachinery and all its contents, was
burned Thursday night. Loss is $4,000;
insured for $1,000.
David n. Baxter of Rutland has gone
to Seattle, w. r., where he will 60 into
business with George IIeiborn of Boston,
his classmate at Harvard. Mr.. Baxter is
son of j. n. Baxter, president of the
Merchants bank and well known as a
horse-brecder.
At about l o'clock Tuesday way
freight ran into the rear car Of freight
No. II at Essex Junction, staving in the
front of the engine, wrecking one freight
car and damaging about Il dozen. The
engineer and fireman jumped and escaped
serious injury.
In East Franklin, the other day, IIor-
ace Curricr, about 20 years of age, went
into the woods, and not returning as early
as his wife thought he should, a messen-
ger was sent to look him up and he was
found Just a little way from where he
finished his work lying upon the snow
dead.
\ strike at Ainsworth & Coles slate mill
: in Poultney recently threw % men out of
employment week. The men thought
: that the discharge of several workmen
was because they were Knights of Labor.
a member of the district assembly went
to the mill and helped bring about set
: Element.
The Boston Congregatonalist says
''Ihcrc is more than usual religious
: interest in many parts of Vermont, which
in several instances was developed by
the week of prayer. Extra meetings
have since been held, with gratifying re-
suits. Neighboring ministers have ably
assisted the pastors in Richmond, Under
g hill and some other towns in that county.
The funeral of James c. Barrett, who
was killed in the recent toboggan accident
at Rutland, took place at his former home
in that town Thursday afternoon. Rela-
tives, neighbors, professional friends and
leading men attended in large numbers
Among those present were Gov. Ormsbee
eX-Govs. Pingree and Proctor, William
3 G. Shaw of Burlington. The Rutland
county bar attended in a body.
Repairs will soon begin on the Soldiers
7 Home buildings in Bennington, and it is
e expected that everything will be ready
+ for the reception of soldiers by the first
+. of May. The finance committee held a
t meeting the other day and talked over
r the plans and improvements to be made
, Already % applications have been made
G for admission to the home, and if it opens
e with that number it is predicted that
there will be so Inmates within two years
All inmates will probably wear the regu-
latiOn uniform.
, The biennial report of the fish commits.
, sioners of Vermont has been issued. II
l states that since the last report there
have been planted in the State 10000 land.
: locked salmon, 232, 900 Penobscot salmon
10000 common trout, 10000 California
trout and ~, 600 Lake Superior trout The
, report regards Lake Champlain as the
finest sheet of water in New England.
, containing the greatest abundance of fish
, among which are bass, pike, pickerel,
wall-eyed pike Cor pikeperch), musca-
longe, pouts, sturgeon, whitefish, mullet,
suckers and Superior lake shad. Occa-
sional salmon are also caught. Capital
lists from Boston and New York are buy
ing islands, building summer residences
and filling the hotels, as a legitimate re-
suits of the good fishing which abounds
throughout the State.
Accommodation train sc going north on
the Central Vermont road ran into regu-
lar freight No. 8, between Mortified and
Montpelier.Friday, wrecking both engines,
the baggage and express ears and two
freight cars. Baggage Master Moody
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